Tomchei Tmimim (, "supporters of the complete-wholesome ones") is the central

Yeshiva A yeshiva (; ; pl. , or ) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are studied in parallel. The stu ...

(

Talmud The Talmud (; ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of Haskalah#Effects, modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cen ...

ical academy) of the

Chabad Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (; ; ), is a dynasty in Hasidic Judaism. Belonging to the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) branch of Orthodox Judaism, it is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, as well as one of ...

-Lubavitch

Hasidic Hasidism () or Hasidic Judaism is a religious movement within Judaism that arose in the 18th century as a spiritual revival movement in contemporary Western Ukraine before spreading rapidly throughout Eastern Europe. Today, most of those aff ...

movement. Founded in 1897 in the town of

Lubavitch Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (; ; ), is a dynasty in Hasidic Judaism. Belonging to the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) branch of Orthodox Judaism, it is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, as well as one of ...

by Rabbi

Sholom Dovber Schneersohn Sholom Dovber Schneersohn () was the fifth rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad-Lubavitch chasidic movement. He is known as "the Rebbe Rashab" (for Reb Sholom Ber). His teachings that encouraged outreach were further developed later. Life ...

, it is now an international network of institutions of advanced

Torah study Torah study is the study of the Torah, Hebrew Bible, Talmud, responsa, rabbinic literature, and similar works, all of which are Judaism's Sifrei kodesh, religious texts. According to Rabbinic Judaism, the study is done for the purpose of the ''mi ...

, the United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth.

History

As outlined, Tomechei Tmimim was founded in 1897 in

, by Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneersohn for the study of

Hasidic philosophy Hasidic philosophy or Hasidism (), alternatively transliterated as Hasidut or Chassidus, consists of the teachings of the Hasidic movement, which are the teachings of the Hasidic ''rebbes'', often in the form of commentary on the Torah (the Five ...

according to the

tradition, in parallel with the traditional Yeshiva curriculum. Here, Rabbi Schneersohn authore
''Kuntres Eitz HaChayim''
guidelines and standards for a student's learning goals and schedule, personal conduct, prayer, and appearance. Correspondingly, he called the students of this yeshiva "''tmimim''" (sing. "''tomim''" תמים = pure, perfect). When Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn left the Soviet Union in 1927, the yeshiva reestablished itself in

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and later in

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. In the course of

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, the yeshiva escaped to

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, China, along with some other yeshivot like

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. Once the ''Rebbe'' was safely evacuated to New York, the Yeshiva was reestablished in

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, where it remains to this day. Within 24 hours the ''Rebbe'' had opened a yeshiva branch. Starting with 10 students, the Yeshiva quickly grew to the extent that it expanded to other nearby locations, giving rise to the group known as "United Lubavitcher Yeshivas". Rabbi Yisroel Yitzchok Piekarski was the

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for 42 years, from 1951 until 1993.

Today

The central Yeshiva is housed today at the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters, at 770 Eastern Parkway in

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, with approximately six hundred students. Similarly named yeshivas, many of which are independent, are to be found in major cities in the

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, and the former

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, and

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, although not all include "Tomchei Tmimim" in their names. Many of the branches also perform the functions necessary to grant ''

Semicha ''Semikhah'' () is the traditional term for rabbiinic ordination in Judaism. The original ''semikhah'' was the formal "transmission of authority" from Moses through the generations. This form of ''semikhah'' ceased between 360 and 425 CE. Si ...

'', rabbinical ordination, to their students; שיחת יום ג' פ' וארא, כ"ד טבת, ה'תשי"ב
;§ כג
§ כ-כד true since the 1950s for the majority of students. Some affiliated institutions (often essentially “post-graduate”) specifically focus on Rabbinical training, with the ''Semicha'' correspondingly requiring further depth and breadth. Many graduates of Tomchei Tmimim continue working within Chabad as religious functionaries, whether as '' shluchim'' in Chabad Houses or as teachers in schools. Graduates - usually of the latter institutions mentioned - also often work as "community Rabbis" more broadly.List of Approved Yeshivot

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Global locations

In North America

* The Central Lubavitcher Yeshiva, or Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch, 885

Eastern Parkway Eastern Parkway is a major east–west boulevard in the borough (New York City), New York City borough of Brooklyn. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, it was built between 1870 and 1874 and has been credited as the world's fir ...

Brooklyn Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

* United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth - Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, New York * Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah, Brooklyn, New York
Mesivta Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Queens
Forest Hills, New York * Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Poconos Canadensis, PA * Yeshiva Kol Yaakov Yehuda Hadar Hatorah Rabbinical Seminary,

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* Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati,

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

. * Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto,

Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...

* Yeshiva Or Menachem,

Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

* Rabbinical College of America, Morristown,

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

* Lubavitch Educational Center – Klurman Mesivta,

Miami Beach Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The municipality is located on natural and human-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean an ...

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

* Yeshivas Lubavitch of Baltimore,

Baltimore Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the 30th-most populous U.S. city. The Baltimore metropolitan area is the 20th-large ...

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

* Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary,

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California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

* Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch-Mesivta, Oak Park,

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

* Yeshivas Menachem Mendel Lubavitch of Monsey, NY * Yeshivas Beis Dovid Shlomo,

New Haven New Haven is a city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 135,081 as determined by the 2020 U.S. census, New Haven is the third largest city in Co ...

, CT
Yeshivath Achei Tmimim of Pittsburgh (Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh)

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ...

, PA * Lubavitch Mesivta of Chicago,

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, IL * Central Lubavitch Yeshiva, Chovevei Torah, Brooklyn, New York * Lubavitch Rabbinical College of Minnesota, S. Paul, MN * Mesivta of Postville,

Postville Postville is a city in Allamakee County, Iowa, Allamakee and Clayton County, Iowa, Clayton counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. It lies near the junction of four counties and at the intersection of U.S. Routes U.S. Route 18 in Iowa, 18 and U.S. Ro ...

, IA * Mesivta of Coral Springs,

Coral Springs Coral Springs is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 134,394. Approximately northwest of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, it is a pri ...

, FL * Albany Mesivta, Albany, New York * HaMesivta, Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, New York * Mesivta Oholei Torah, Brooklyn, New York * Yeshiva Mesivta Menachem, Westchester, New York * Yeshiva Torah Ohr,

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, FL * Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Miami Rabbinical College, Miami, Florida * Yeshivas Menachem Mendel Lubavitch, Oak Park, MI * Rabbinical College of Canada Quebec-Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Bais Medrash,

* Kingston Mesivta,

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* Yeshiva Campus, Suffield, CT https://www.yeshivacampus.com/

In Israel

* (Central ''Tomchei Temimim'' Yeshiva), Kfar Chabad * Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Rishon LeZion (Ketana),

Rishon Lezion Rishon LeZion ( , "First to Zion") is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area. Founded in 1882 by Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire who were ...

* Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Rishon LeZion (Gedola), Rishon LeZion * Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Nachlat Har Chabad, Kiryat Malachi * Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim, Lod * Yeshivat Ohr Tmimim, Kfar Chabad * Yeshivas Tzeirei Hashluchim,

Safed Safed (), also known as Tzfat (), is a city in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of up to , Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and in Israel. Safed has been identified with (), a fortif ...

* Yeshivas Chasidei Chabad Beis Levi Yitzchak, Safed * Ohr Simcha, Kfar Chabad * Beis Sefer Lemelacha, Kfar Chabad * Tomchei Tmimim Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Gat * ,

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

(founded in 1911, also by Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, and originally based in Hebron) * Yeshivat NachlatHar Chabad Beit Haram, Kiryat Malachi * Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim Migdal HaEmek, Migdal HaEmek * Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim,

Or Yehuda Or Yehuda () is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel. Located in the Gush Dan, Gush Dan metropolitan area, in it had a population of . History Prehistory Human settlement back to the Chalcolithic has been found on the site.El'ad * Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimimm,

Beersheba Beersheba ( / ; ), officially Be'er-Sheva, is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the centre of the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth-most p ...

* Yeshivas Lubavitch Tiferes Yisroel,

Beit Shemesh Beit Shemesh () is a city council (Israel), city located approximately west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District. A center of Haredi Judaism and Modern Orthodoxy, Beit Shemesh has a population of 170,683 as of 2024. The city is named afte ...

* Yeshivas Ohel Menachem,

* Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim, Beitar Illit * Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim-Beis Menachem,

Bnei Brak Bnei Brak ( ) or Bene Beraq, is a city located on the central Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Israeli coastal plain, coastal plain in Israel, just east of Tel Aviv. A center of Haredi Judaism, Bnei Brak covers an area of 709 hectares (1,752 acre ...

In other locations

* Yeshivas Oholei Yosef Yitchak Lubavitch, St Kilda East,

Victoria, Australia Victoria, commonly abbreviated as Vic, is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of ; the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 7 million; ...

* Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand, St Kilda East, Victoria, Australia * Yeshivas Levi Yitzchak St Kilda East, Victoria, Australia * Yeshiva Gedolah Rabbinical College of Sydney,

Bondi, New South Wales Bondi () is a suburb of eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, seven kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council. Geography Bondi is a mostly medium and h ...

, Australia * Yeshiva College Cheder Chabad-High School Division, Bondi, New South Wales, Australia * Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim, Brunoy,

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(suburb of

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

) * Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim

Vincennes Vincennes (; ) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Vincennes is famous for its castle: the Château de Vincennes. It is next to but does not include the ...

, France * Yeshiva Gedolah Lubavitch London * Lubavitch Mechinah L'Yeshiva,

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

* Yeshivas Lubavitch Manchester,

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

, England * Boys High School Mesivta,

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

* Yeshiva Ketana Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch, Moscow, Russia * Yeshivah Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch, Moscow, Russia * Yeshiva Ketana Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch,

Saint-Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

* Lubavitch Yeshiva Gedolah of Johannesburg,

* Rabbinical College of Pretoria, South Africa * Torah Academy School, Johannesburg, South Africa * Rabbinical College of South Africa * Yeshiva Gedola,

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

* Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Ohel Menachem, S. Paulo,

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

* Yeshiva Gedola Nachlas Levi,

Dnipro Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper River, Dnipro River, from which it takes its name. Dnipro is t ...

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

* Yeshiva Gedolah Frankfurt,

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

* Rabbinical Yeshiva,

Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

, Italy Chabad of Venice
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Notable alumni

* Meir Ashkenazi, Chief rabbi of Shanghai in early 1900s * Moshe Gutnick, president of the Rabbinical Council of Australia and New Zealand * Abraham Hecht, former president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America * Simon Jacobson, author of '' Toward a Meaningful Life'' * Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, public lecturer * Yoel Kahan, scholar of Hasidic philosophy * Berel Lazar, Chief rabbi of Russia * Yehoshua Mondshine, researcher and historian * Nissan Nemanov, director of the Tomchei Temimim Yeshiva in Brunoy, France * Shlomo Sawilowsky, professor at Wayne State University * Ezra Schochet, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad in Los Angeles, California * Eliyahu Simpson, rabbi * Marcus Solomon, Supreme Court Justice in Western Australia *

Adin Steinsaltz Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz (; 11 July 19377 August 2020) was an Israeli Chabad Chasidic rabbi, teacher, philosopher, social critic, author, translator and publisher. His '' Steinsaltz edition of the Talmud'' was originally published in ...

, scholar and author of the Steinsaltz Talmud

References

{{Authority control Chabad yeshivas 1897 establishments in the Russian Empire